A father who died young, a sickly mother, cruel older siblings, and a girl about to be sold off as a bride to bring a sick man good luck.
Zhu Junt Tao tried crying, throwing a fit, and threatening to hang herself, but she was still carried in an eight-person sedan chair to the Duke's mansion to marry the third young master, who was paralyzed from the waist down.
Before she got into the bridal sedan, the matchmaker tried to comfort her. "Although the third young master now has a crooked nose, crossed eyes, and drools, he used to be the dream man of nine thousand noble young ladies in the capital."
Zhu Juntao could only cry silently and hope the third young master would die soon, so she could go home and marry again.
Who could have guessed that three months after marrying into the duke's mansion, she would be eating delicacies and wearing gold and jewels, without even having to look after her deadbeat husband?
She was so happy she forgot all about home. It would have been even better, though, if the bridal chamber weren't haunted...
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Lu Shaoqing narrowly escaped death and finally made it back to the capital, only to hear that Third Young Master Lu was getting married.
Lu Shaoqing: ...
He hadn't even returned home, and the man was getting married?
He snuck back into the mansion to take a look. In the bridal chamber, the bride was biting a little handkerchief and muttering, "Husband, you have to die soon! I'm young and beautiful, and I want to marry again..."
Lu Shaoqing gave a cold laugh and pressed the tip of his sword to her throat.
The bride shrieked. "Husband, spare me!"
Just as Lu Shaoqing was about to strike, he heard her mumble, "He's a ghost and still so handsome? No wonder he used to be the dream man of nine thousand noble young ladies..."
He silently sheathed his sword. Someone this foolish couldn't be a spy.
Later, Lu Shaoqing held the shivering Zhu Juntao in his arms and decided that having a wife wasn't so bad after all.
But his new bride tremulously tugged at his sleeve. "Husband, we've consummated our marriage, so you should reincarnate soon."
"Don't keep me from marrying again..."
Lu Shaoqing laughed in exasperation and swept open the brocade curtains. Sunlight fell across Zhu Juntao's tender, flushed face.
"Marry again?" He held her face and kissed her fiercely. "Could a ghost do this to you in broad daylight?"
Zhu Juntao was a little dazed. Her husband wasn't just a lecherous ghost, but one with powerful magic, too...
[Reading Guide]
1. One-on-one romantic comedy
2. Married first, love later; domestic life
3. Money-loving little sweetheart x ghost who won't leave her alone
Theme: Stay true to yourself
